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1. E. KLINE.

Railroad Car Heater. v No. 95,026. Y Patented Sept. 21. 1869.

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J. E. 'KLINE.

Railroad Car Heater.

Patented Sept. 21. 1869.

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JOSIAH E,

KLINE, or WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

Letters Patent No. 95,626, dated September 21, 1869.

RAILROAD-CAR HEATER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSIAH E. 'KLINIt, of thecity of Wheeling, in the county of Ohio, and State of W'estlirginiahaveinvented a new and improved Railroad-Gar Heaterjand I do hereby declarethat the following'is'a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art. to

make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of this specification, in which- I I Figure 1 represents avertical transverse section of my improved car-heater.

Figure 2 is, a plan or top view of the car-floor. Figure 3- is asideView, partly in section, of the Similar letters of reference parts.

This invention relates to -a new apparatus for heating railroad-cars,and for properly ventilating the same, and consists in the generalarrangement and indicate corresponding construction of partsforproducing a fire-proof and convenient heating-attachment. I ,A, inthe drawing, represents the floor of a car, from which a metallic box orsafe B is suspended.

In this box or safe is arranged, some distance be- I low the floor A, ahorizontal partition, a, which forms.

a hot-air chamber, 12, directlybelow the floor.

Into the safe B is, from one side, inserted the re- I movable furnace O,which rests on shoulders c 0', so fas to be elevated above the bottom (Iof the safe.

The furnace O is sufficiently large for the desired purpose, and has init a semi-cylindrical or semi-oval grate I). V

This grate is composed of rings 6 e, at the ends, which are pivoted, bymeans of pins ff; tothe ends of the furnace, and which are connected bylongitudinal bars g. I

The bars g are connected with each other by means of semicirculargrate-bars h. p

The grate is thus pivoted to the furnace, and can I swing on its pins fwhile the car is in motion.

It will, therefore, always remain in a perpendicular position, and willnot throw the fuelas vehemently duringthe jarring motion of the car asit would if it were rigid. I l

The top-plate t, of the'furnace, is some distance below the-partition a,and ribs j j projectfrom it.

against said partition, to form a closed chamber, K,

I as shown.

The Schedule referred to inlthese Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

by means of a door, I which has its joints or crevices lute air-tightclosure.

From the-door projects into the grate an inclined funnel, G, which canbe closed on the outer end by a inner end automatically closed.

Through this funnel fuel is put into the grate.

This apparatus is a tube, H, reaching from theIfloor A into the furnace,as shown.

The upper end of the tube H can be closed by a sliding plate, 0, whichhas a box, I, formed upon it.

Under this box the plate a is perfin'ated.

The box I has a cover 1). I 1

\Vhen the tube H is closed, as in fig. 1,the fuel can be put into thebox I, and when the latter is closed it is moved over the tube, so thatthe fuel will fall from it into the furnace.

Thus the furnace can be supplied from the inside of the car without anydangerof allowing smoke to" escape intothe car.

The furnace is smaller than the air-chamber, q, is formed between them..

"- The sides ot'the safe are perforated, to allow air to enter the spaceq:

supply the flame; the apertures of the furnace can, .however, be closedby dampers 'r r.

The air-chamber b is supplied through apertures in the sides of the box,which can be closed by dampers s. I I

Between the tube J and chamberb there is a tube, throughwhich the airfrom the air-chamber enters the car, and which has a series closed byvalves t t. I

These valves are all connected by one rod 21, so that they can all bemore or less opened or closed simultaneously, to let the hot air escapeinto the car.

A double perforated plate, L, may also be arranged on the floor of thecar, to be opened or closed at will, to let the air directly into' thecar from the chamber b.

The dampers on the outside ofthe safe are, by rods '0 v, connectedwith'the inside of the car, said rods being notched, and locked in anydesired position, by

- means'of star-shaped spring-catches w. i

A water-reservoir, M, may be arranged on the car,

to conduct cold water ina pipe,' x, along the connect of openings thatare combustion.

A'removable ash-pan, N, is arranged in the furnace under the grates.

Having thus described my invention,

covered with hinged plates, so as to produce an.absoswinging plate, a,while a hinged plate, m, keeps its Another feeding-apparatus may beprovided in the e 'car, to allow the fuel to be put in from the inside.

safe B, so that an This air. enters the furnace through apertures l tosaid tube J, which extends longitudinally throughout mg-joints of thesafe, to cool the same, to prevent What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isv 1. The pivoted grate D, suspended withinthe furnace of a car-heater, to remain in a perpendicular.

position during the motion of the car, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The semi-oval grate I), when arrangedin .the furnace of arailroad-car heater, substantially as herein shown and described, tobetter retain the fuel by its turned-up sides.

3. The safe B, arranged under a car-floor, to surround the furnace O,substantially as herein shown and described, and to form an air-chamber,b, as

specified.

4. The door F, of the fire-safe, when provided with afunnel, G, whichhas doors at both ends, as set forth.

5. The feed-apparatus, consisting of the tube H,

sliding plate 0, box I, and cover 1), all combined and operatingsubstantially as herein shown and described.

6. The apertures l 1, formed in the sides of the firesafe B,substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

7. The combination of chamber B, having a single shutoff valve, with thetube J, provided with numerous valves, all as shown and described.

8. The water-reservoir M, when arranged above a car-heater,substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

9. The chamber K, formed above the furnace, to conduct the products ofcombustion from the furnace into the chimney,-substautially as hereinshown and described.

Witnesses:

DAVID NEUHART, J onn H. STAMP.

JOSIAH E. KLINE.

